I grew up dancing on my father's new orleans jazz band....Whistling on my mum's Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole vinyls... She would listen to them mostly while cooking in the kitchen!....Staring at my brother jaming on the guitar with his buddies or accompanying my dad.... Sharing my dad's passion (dad again!) when listening religiously to Jascha Heifetz' s powerful renditions, or Arthur Rubinstein 's magical phrasing... and envying my elder sister singing on Billie.... Finding out my dad, mum, grand father, both would also love theatre and act !

Years later, I would leave all the birthday parties, to keep on practicing the piano... Waltzing on Chopin, Schumann....Scating with my buddies with my own group....Acting... Listening to Bill Evans, brad Meldhau, Gretchen Parlato, still dancing (swinging!) on Louis Armstrong, thrilling on Miles Davis, Keith Jarreth, Martha Argerich...

Here are (almost!) all the PASSIONS of my life I'd aim to share with you!

Marina Pacowski